Maurice Hubert Stans

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Maurice Hubert Stans, American accountant and politician whose fund-raising successes gained him the post of secretary of commerce during Pres. Richard M. Nixon’s first term but led to his disgrace during the Watergate scandal (b. March 22, 1908, Shakopee, Minn.--d. April 14, 1998, Pasadena, Calif.).

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